Can we meet you?
I am Samson Abiodun Amos, popularly known as Akin Arole. I was born around 80s to the family of Amos Orosiji in Ayetoro, Kajola Local Government, Oyo State. I attended Baptist Primary School, after my Primary Education, I went to Awoyemi High School, from there, I proceeded to Federal Polytechnic, Offa for my National Diploma in Accounting, I later capped it all with B.SC Economics at the prestigious University of Ibadan. I am happily married to Rebecca and we are blessed with two kids.
As an economist, why did you choose music as a career?
I can say music is an inborn, I have been singing since my childhood days. When I was young, I used to follow my parents to the farm, so, when we were busy working  and I got inspired, I will started singing and my dad will complain but as time went on, my parents detected that I’m naturally endowed when it comes to music and God really used them for me. I took up music career at my church in Ayetoro and from there, I was well-known in all churches in my town.
Who are you looking up to as your role model and why did you emulate them?
I respect Baba Ojo-Ade and Timi Osunkoya. Although, I don’t like copying people because I have my own style of music, I am just telling you about the people who are my source of inspirations.
How many albums have you produced so far?
By the grace of God I am able to produced 3 albums, titled: ‘silekunayomi’, Unlimited Grace and  Unlimited Blessings.
Where did you get your inspiration from?
Ah! To be frank, God is my source of inspiration. Atimes, when I engage myself in one thing or the other, God will just inspire me  and from there, I will start singing so what I will do next is to pick up my pen and start writing it down and thank God that we are in an electronics world now, atimes I will pick up my phone and start recording. There are many songs on my phone right now that are not yet released.
There are a lot of competitions in the entertainment world now, what steps are you taking to reach your goal?
Well, as a man, there are many steps that one will aspire to take. When you are talking about gospel, many things have gone wrong with the kind of music we are hearing nowadays, I’m not condemning anyone but what I am trying to say is that many artistes are after what they are going to eat. Gospel music should not be a competitive thing because God has already blessed each person with different talents to work on and it now depends on how you wish to use it but the purpose of these talents is to win souls to the Kingdom of God.
From your experience so far, what have you found to be most challenging and how are you dealing with it?
From my own experience, what I found most challenge is the type of gospel songs that people are listening to be frank people love to hear a ‘jamboree’ song and this have led many artistes to derail their God-given talents. I can attribute this issue to one of the end-time signs. Many artistes are not passing an inspiration message anymore, their believe is that once they release a danceable track, people will love it not knowing that gospel music is not all about dancing so it is only God that can help u
With what you just said right now, how would you describe the music of the olden days to the present one?
Ah! My it is quite different my brother. Maybe because the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ is at hand, people are being driven away from the truth and that is the reason why I am trying to pass inspirational songs to people. Let me tell you the fact, gospel singers in the olden days were not after money, their mission is to deliver good music to the world and win souls for Christ but nowadays, when you invite an artiste to a church for a progamme, all they are after is to get people dancing by dishing out a danceable songs so that people will praise them instead of passing messages that the world needs right now and that is why you cannot compare today’s music with the olden days. That is why I love Baba Ara so much though he has died but his music lives on.
Can you share us your embarrassing moment?
I was invited to a special programme one day, it was one of my colleagues that invited me alongside many artistes for ministration and the coordinator of the programme was aware that I am present at the programme, so as the programme goes on, many artistes performed and the coordinator have forgotten to call my name, so the person that invited me told him that I haven’t perform and fortunately for me he called me and said I only have 3 minutes to perform, I felt somehow because he allowed other artistes to perform nothing less than 30 minutes, although I don’t feel deterred and I sang one of tracks titled ‘Igba ikeyin tide’ (the end time has come), before I could finish the song, he rang bell and I left the stage. Meanwhile one of the officiating ministers stood up and told the coordinator that he supposed to let perform he even claimed that out of the songs that have been listening to it was only my music that inspired people since the programme started, he wants me to continue but I left the pulpit because I  had delivered what God has sent me.
Your advice for the upcoming artistes?
My advice for them is that ‘no cross no crown’. They should not get derailed; they should maintain their integrity and learn how to endure.